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Ashen sky : the letters of Pliny the Younger on the eruption of Vesuvius / illustrated by Barry Moser ; written and translated by Benedicte Gilman.
By: Pliny, the Younger
Contributor(s): Moser, Barry | Gilman, Benedicte
Language: English Original language: Latin Publisher: Los Angeles : The J. Paul Getty Museum, [2007].Description: 39 p. : ill., map ; 27 cm.ISBN: 9780892369003 (hardcover)Other title: Letters of Pliny the Younger on the eruption of VesuviusSubject(s): Pliny, the Younger. Epistularum libri VI | Vesuvius (Italy) -- In art | Vesuvius (Italy) -- Eruption, 79DDC classification: 769.92
Contents:
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius -- Pliny the elder -- Tacitus -- Pliny the younger -- The survival of Pliny's letters on the eruption of Mount Vesuvius -- Letter 6.16 -- Letter 6.20.
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Includes Pliny's Letters 6.16 and 6.20, translated from Latin.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 38)
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius -- Pliny the elder -- Tacitus -- Pliny the younger -- The survival of Pliny's letters on the eruption of Mount Vesuvius -- Letter 6.16 -- Letter 6.20.